Article abstract: The Nuremberg Trials of twenty-two Germans accused of war crimes resulted in the conviction of nineteen of the defendants and provided thorough documentation of Nazi crimes against humanity.
Summary of Event
The war that Adolf Hitler launched in 1939 was not simply another military conflict involving territorial and economic disputes growing out of traditional international conflicts. Rather, it was an attempt by the Nazi leadership to exploit or exterminate a large number of religious and ethnic groups in Europe classified as...
Source: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series, ©1992 Salem Press, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
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